Abstract
[Autom. eng. transl.] starting from a research conducted in 2023 in Italy on professional psychologists, are
focused and discussed some results that illustrate the professionalization path of the
health psychology. Data analysis indicates that:
1. health represents an anchor for most psychological professionals (80%) but
only as a thematic and not pragmatic reference, or as an organizer of the representation
of the profession but not of professional practices;
2. a professional design of health psychology must take into account an articulation
plural of the operational contexts within which the discipline is located;
3. a process of professionalization of the discipline is also called upon to deal with
the variation in the professional contexts within which health psychology is placed: first of all
with the changes underway relating to the public welfare context (implosion)
and with those present in the freelance-professional context (growth).
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] Health psychology as a profession: status, prospects and implications for the discipline and training |
|---|---|
| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 7-25 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Psicologia della Salute |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Health(social science)
- Applied Psychology
Keywords
- professioni psicologiche